The pilot is currently casting several roles, and some of them have names that are familiar to the 1970’s British ITV series. Things could always change, and it’s quite possible some names and situations may change as well, but here are some of the characters we can [possibly] look forward to.
Stephen shares a name and a similar situation to the character Peter Vaughan-Clarke played in the original Tomorrow People. Also like the original show, Stephen first meets the others in the premiere, and at first thinks it was all a dream – until he uses some telekinesis of his own. He is told he inherited his “genetic mutation” from his dad, and he has a friend named Astrid that he goes to high school with. Astrid seems to be his Chloe Sullivan-Joey Potter type “best friend.” He’s actually being given meds for “paranoia” and those meds get him into a troubling situation. Stephen has a brother named Luca.
Nicholas Young played John in the original series, and there’s a John in this one, too. Although each of them possesses the “three T’s” – teleportation, telepathy, and telekinesis – teleportation is John’s specialty. Love triangles seem already set up as John is jealous of Cara’s chemistry with Stephen.
Cara (perhaps named after the original show’s “Carol”) speaks telepathically, particularly to Stephen. Has anyone called Laura Vandervoort for this yet? She’d be perfect, and she’s played a “Kara” before, so the names would be similar.
Russell is another of the Tomorrow People. He’s Cara’s brother and a “handsome bad boy.” It sounds like there are several Tomorrow People beyond those named, as well.
Jedikiah also shares a name with a character from the original series. (The first episode of the old show was actually called “The Slaves of Jedikiah.”) He knows Stephen’s family, and seems to lead a program called ULTRA that deals with folks like the Tomorrow People. He tries to convince Stephen that John and Cara aren’t being honest with them. In other words, he’s bad news.
As with the previous series, Tomorrow People are unable to kill.
The computer TIM still factors in to things, and the base of the “Tomorrow People” seems to be a subway station hundreds of feet below Manhattan. Hope they don’t run into any turtles down there… terms like “saps” (the original series’ name for people without powers) also come into play.
Although things could change, does this sound like something you’d watch? Leave some comments below!
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I never saw the first show, but sure I would give it a try (and then come to KSite to cheer or complain). Why not?
I was a fan of the ORIGINAL show and this “reboot” sounds moronic – like any of the other shows from a crap network like CW.
I was a fan of the first show when its reruns appeared on Nickelodeon in the early 80s… enough of a fan that just a few years ago I bought a DVD set of the series to reminisce.
I’ll definitely be interested to watch the reboot, and actually prefer that writers come up with modern, more realistic plots rather than try to copy old story lines.
Sula is a troll that has been banned from many Tomorrow People discussion sites. Her opinions don’t reflect those of any other fans but herself. She has also been banned from staying at my hotel.
I am excited to see the pilot, and I hope it gets picked up for at least a few seasons. I encourage everyone to keep an open mind and not to listen to folks like Sula, after all, shes a glactic criminal.
I’d like to see them introduce a character whose impervious to their powers but possesses limited telepathic abilities and is eventually seen as a “Hunter of Tomorrow People” when in fact they’re dealing with a family line who’ve been trying to protect both humanity and the tomorrow people from those that would threaten both.
Ok I really don’t like the idea of them possessing the three T’s as they call them it would make more sense for each ot have a special ability and work from there, however I’d actually like to see them run into their “neighbours” which would be an interesting crossover!
It sounds like each of them has a specialty among the three; even if they have all three, it doesn’t mean they’ve mastered all of them. I think.
There’s a whole organization that hunts Tomorrow People, in a way, so we’ll get that.
I don’t really understand Sula’s trolling either, by the way – this sounds VERY true to the original series/concept, to the extent that parts of it made me think of the original pilot. Wonder what she thought of the 1990’s series? LOL.